 | 1877 - 362 Seiten
...— A good mouth-filling OATH. — SHAKESPERE, Heury IV. — He that imposes an OАТH makes it, Kot he that for convenience takes it : Then how can any man be said To break an oath he never made ? — BUTLER, Hudibras. — It is a sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful oАТH.... | |
 | John Milton - 1877 - 262 Seiten
...on iii. 255. Evinced, ' overcome, ' Lat. evincere. See iii. 3, n. So in Hudibras, ii. 2, 382 : — ' These reasons may perhaps look oddly To the wicked, though they evince the godly.' L. 236. Specular mount, ie ' mount of observation, ' Lat. specula, Greek «o»uj, as in Hom. Od. x.... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 Seiten
...suspended OAR. BYRON, Childe Harold. Oath. — A good mouth-filling OATH. — SHAKESPERE, Henry IV. — He that imposes an OATH makes it, Not he that for...can any man be said To break an oath he never made ? — BUTLER, Hudibras. — It is a sin to swear unto a sin ; But greater sin to keep a sinful OATH.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 Seiten
...is worth in anything But so much money as 'twill bring? (18) The Public Faith, which every one (19) He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for convenience takes it. (20) Opinion governs all mankind, Like the blind's leading of the blind. (21) The worst of rebels never... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 536 Seiten
...is worth in anything But so much money as 'twill bring? (18) The Public Faith, which every one (19) He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for convenience takes it. (20) Opinion governs all mankind, Like the blind's leading of the blind. (21) The worst of rebels never... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 Seiten
...he that made and fore'd it, broke it, Not he that for convenience took it. Butler, Hud. 2. n. 273. He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for...can any man be said To break an oath he never made. Butter, Hud. 2, n. 377. The breaking of an oath and lying, Is but a kind of self-denying, A saint-like... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1883 - 422 Seiten
...business, why they should 375 In other matters do him hurt, I think there 's little reason for 't. He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for...convenience takes it : Then how can any man be said 380 To break an oath he never made ? These reasons may perhaps look oddly To th' wicked though they... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 Seiten
...eeems to me, Tis only noble to be good, (i. TEHNXSON — Lady Clara Veré de Veré. St. 7. О. OATHS. He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for convenience takes it. e BOTLEB— Hiidibras. 14. II. Canto П. Line 377. Oaths were not purpos'd more than law, To keep the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 Seiten
...one hand thrust the lady from, And with the other pull her home. (17) What is worth in anything (19) He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for convenience takes it. (20) Opinion governs all mankind, Like the blind's leading of the blind. (jt) The worst of rebels never... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 Seiten
...it, broke it, Not he that for convenience took it. 3574 Butler: Hudibras. Pt. ii. Canto ii. Line 27S. He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for...can any man be said To break an oath he never made. 3575 Butler : Hudibras. Pt. ii. Canto ii. Line 377. For breaking of an oath and lying, Is but a kind... | |
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